Improvement in apparatus for drawing effervescent liquids



Pate-rited May 4 1875.

' NITED STATES PATEN FREDERICK W. WIESEBROOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR TO HENRY W. SHEPARD AND ROBERT SEAMAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING EFFERVESCENT LIQUIDS.

Spec'cation forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,986, dated May 4,1875; application tiled March 19, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that-1, FREDERICK W. Wrnsn- BROCK, of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in Apparatus for Drawing Eifervescent Liquids, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawin g, and the l etters of referen ce markedthereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis avertical sectional view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview ot' a regulator which may be used with the apparatus shown in Fig.1.

My vpresent invention is an improvement in the apparatus used in drawingor dispensing effervescent liquids, and is designed to remedydifficulties hitherto experienced in the use. of said apparatus, andwhich have chiefly resulted from the presence of carbonio-acid gas insaid liquids, and the difficulty of so regulating its pressure as topermit the liquid to be drawn comparatively unaffected by the pressureof said gas.

To accomplish this most advantageous result my invention consists, rst,in arranging between the supply-vessel and the vessel from which theliquid is to be drawn or dispensed, and connected therewith, apressure-governor, and which shall so operate as to permit thedispensing apparatus to be operated entirely irrespective of thepressure of the supply. My invention also consists of a novelconstruction and arrangement of faucet and cock, and of a supplementaldischarge or pressure escape tube, whereby the liquid is fed from thesupply by turning the cock in one direction, and then drawn off byturning the same in an opposite direction; but, owing to the arrangementof the openings or slots in the cock, when caused to register with thedischarge-channel of the faucet through an upper slotted opening, whichis immediately above the regular discharge-orifice, any surplus pressurein the discharge-vessel is relieved from the liquid, and escapes throughthe supplemental tube the instant before the discharge-orifice is causedto fully register with the channel, through which the liquid to be drawnoff or dispensed is fed.

This arrangement is most advantageous, as practical experience has fullydemonstrated, as it surely guards against any too-forcible ejectment ofthe liquid, and as the relieving of the excess or surplus pressure isonly an instant before the liquid fiows out, thegas contained in theliquid has not sufficient time to escape below a desired quantity, or toa degree or an extent to leave the liquid iiat, as is the case in otherapparatuses of this character.

The construction and operation of my invention are as follows:

A is a stand, and is of any desired form, and may be constructed of anysuitable material, and is secured to a counter 0r other suitablesupport, A. a is a tube, which extends np through a vertical opening inthe stand A, and is connected, by suitable attachments a' a', with asupply-vessel, (not shown in the drawing,) and with the inlet-channel bofthe openin g B1 of the pressure-regulator B, and the construction andoperation ot' which regulator I Will describe hereafter, but not in thisconnection, as it forms no part of my present invention, but which Iwish to make the distinctive subject-matter of an independentapplication 5 and, besides, in present invention I do not desire tobelimited or restricted to the use of any particular or given kind ofregulator, but to have the option left me of using any regulator whoseconstruction and operation are such as to render it applicable for thepurpose designed. C is a faucet, whose inlet-opening G1 is screwedaround the discharge-opening B2 of the regulator B, and whose channel ccommunicates with the channel b1 of said discharge. In the faucet O,andimmediately above the channel c, and ruiming parallel therewith, is achannel, c1, and which channels form a continuous passage for theingress of liquid from the regulator B to the vessel F when the cock Dis so turned as to cause the lateral slot d3, which is cut in itsvertical face, to register with the openings of the channels c el. F isa glass globe or vessel, and from which the liquid to be dispensed isdrawn, and at its lower section F is secured to the opening C2 of thefaucet, the channel c1 of the latter leading into, and communicatingwith, its interior chamber. Gis an elbowshaped tube, extending up intothe interior ot' the chamber of the vessel F, and having itsinlet-opening Gl at the upper section of said chamber. At its lowersection g it enters, and is secured in, a channel, c2,-ot' the faucet C,and which extends in a longitudinal direction, ruiming parallel with thechannels c c1.

Alu the cock D, besides the slot d3 and the ordinary outlet-orifice andchannel dl, there is cut crosswise the cock, and above the orifice d1,an oblong slot, d2, and which, when the cock isV so turned as to causeits outlet-opening d1 to register with the channel el, so as to permitthe liquid in the vessel F vto be drawn oft', the opening d2 will havean instant previouslyT registered with the channel c2, and which-haspermitted any excess of pressure in the vessel F to pass down throughthe tube G, and out through the channel c2, slot d2, and supplementaldischarge tube or nozzle D', and which avoids all danger of the liquidbeing discharged under an undue pressure. The regulator B is providedwith an elastic diaphra gni, H, through the center of which passes avertical valve-rod, Hl, and to which is attached a bell-erank-shapedlever, h, the arm h1 of which constitutes the valve. This lever It ispivoted in a suitable bearing-arm, h3, secured to the inner surface ofthe shell of the regulator. rIhe valve-arm h1 acts against avalve-seat,b2, and which is a cone-shaped nozzle, encircling thedischarge-opening of the inlet-channel b. Around the valve-rod Hl issecured a spring, H2, and which has its upper bearing against the innerface of the screw-cap H3, and which works in suitable bearings in theupper section of the shell ot' the regulator.

By screwing up this cap the pressure on the spring is relieved, and byscrewing down the cap the spring can be regulated and caused to exertany desired degree of pressure; but, instead of this form of regulator,either of the regulators embraced and claimed in Letters Patent of theUnited States issued to me January 12,1875,Nos. 158,767 and 158,768, andFebruary 9,1875, Nos.159,731 and 159,732, or, indeed, any otherregulator that is so constructed as to be purely automatic in operation,feeding a varying quantity from a supply whose pressure is constantlyvarying, and which will under all circumstances operate comparativelyunaffected by the pressure of the supply, may be used.

If desired, the glass globe or vessel F may be incased in anice-chamber, K, having a lining, K1, and which is relatively so arrangedin connection with the interior surface of the wall 7c as to provide anannular chamber, K2, and which may be tlled with a suitablenonconducting material or composition. The icechamber is provided with adischarge-cock, K3, for drawing off the water, and a bullseye, K4, andthrough which the operator can view the contents of the globe F.

L is a detachable cross-bar, which serves to hold and retain the vesselin position by means `of the thumb-screw L?. This cross-piece canreadily be detached, and which permits of the vessel F Abeing removedfor the purpose of cleansing.

From the foregoing full and detailed description the operation of myimproved apparatus will be readily understood. The apparatus beingattached to a counter, or other suitable support, and the tube a beingattached to the supply-vessel that contains the rootbeer, white-beer,sarsaparilla, or other like liquids that-contain or are` charged withcarbonicacid gas, and the cock or plug D being turned so as to cause itsslot d3 to register with the channels c c1, and the screw-cap H3 beingscrewed down to open the valve h1, and the spring H2 adjusted to resista given pressure, the cock in the supply-vessel is now opened. Theliquid will now pass through the tube a into the regulator, and outthrough thc tube c into the slot d3, and back through the slot c1 intothe globe or vessel F. So soon as the globe is properly charged, and theliquid has accumulated in the reservoir until its density or pressure isgreater than that the spring is adjusted to resist, then instantly thediaphragm H will be lifted, and the valve I t closed. After the desiredquantity of liquid is in the vessel F, to draw oft' the same you simplyhave to turn the cock D so that its slot d* shall register with thechannel c2, and the outlet-orilice shall register with the channel c1.But as the slot d2 is cut crosswise the cock and above the opening d1,and as the opening d? through the channel c2 and tube G with the uppersection of the vessel F, any surplus pressure in the vessel passes ott'through the tube G, channel c2, slot d2, and tube or nozzle Dl aninstant before the opening d1 communicates with the channel c1, andwhich prevents any forcible ejection of the liquid, and as the relievingof this surplus pressure is immediately before the liquid llows out thegas contained in the liquid has not sufficient time to escape to such anextent as to render the liquid dat, as is the case with otherapparatuses of this character.

What I claim as new, and desire to secur.e"

by Letters Patent of the United States, is--'- 1. In an apparatus fordrawing effervescent liquids, a pressure-regulator, B, arranged inconnection with a dispensing-vessel, F, the whole being combined andarranged to operate substantially as described.

2. A dispensing-vessel, F, faucet G, having a nozzle, D', communicatingthrough its open-

